Countries by Number of Bicycles Per 100 People

About This Dataset

Countries ranked by the number of bicycles in circulation per 100 inhabitants. The Netherlands leads the world in bicycle density with nearly 99 bicycles per 100 people — a ratio that means there are more bicycles than people in many Dutch cities, and that the country has maintained one of the world's most sophisticated cycling ecosystems through decades of urban planning, infrastructure investment, and cultural normalisation of cycling as an everyday activity for all ages.

Analysis

Netherlands heads the table on 99, ahead of Denmark (80) and Germany (76) in Bicycles Per 100 People in 2024. 44 separates the highest figure (99) from the lowest (55) in Bicycles Per 100 People. First and second are separated by 19, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 76 to 55 Bicycles Per 100 People.

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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Netherlands leads in Bicycles Per 100 People with 99 in 2024.

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Average Bicycles Per 100 People in 2024: 71 · median: 66.

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Gap in 2024: Netherlands is 1.8× larger than Switzerland.

Countries by Number of Bicycles Per 100 People

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Data Insights

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Top Value

Netherlands

Bicycles Per 100 People · 2024

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2024

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
Measure: Bicycles Per 100 People
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.